WHA game summary from December 3, 1972

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Aeros (11-12-1)	2	1	1	0	4
Ottawa Nationals (12-10-1)	2	0	2	1	5

1: HOU, Poul Popiel 6 (Don Grierson, Ted Taylor), 6:01
   OTT, Wayne Carleton 14 (Tom Martin, Gilles Gratton), 11:59
   HOU, Jack Stanfield 4 (John Schella, Gord Labossiere), 14:31
   OTT, Guy Trottier 12 (Wayne Carleton, Rick Cunningham), 19:19
2: HOU, Murray Hall 10 (Gord Labossiere, Poul Popiel), 17:09
3: OTT, Wayne Carleton 15 (Bob Charlebois, Chris Meloff), 1:16
   HOU, Don Grierson 3 (Larry Lund, Ray Larose), 4:23
   OTT, Wayne Carleton 16 (Rick Cunningham, Tom Martin), 14:43
4: OTT, Bob Charlebois 5 (Tom Simpson, Bob Leduc), 4:32

Penalties:

1: Larry Lund, HOU 10:33
   Ray Larose, HOU 19:09
2: Chris Meloff, OTT 10:07
   Tom Martin, OTT 15:27
   Don Grierson, HOU 19:10
   Rick Cunningham, OTT [double minor] 19:10
3: Poul Popiel, HOU 4:14
   Duke Harris, HOU 11:42
   Don Grierson, HOU 19:04
4: none

Penalty time: HOU: 12 minutes
              OTT: 8 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Don Grierson	1	1	2	4
Poul Popiel	1	1	2	2
Gord Labossiere	0	2	2	0
Jack Stanfield	1	0	1	0
Murray Hall	1	0	1	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	2
Ray Larose	0	1	1	2
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	0
John Schella	0	1	1	0
Duke Harris	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Wayne Carleton	3	1	4	0
Bob Charlebois	1	1	2	0
Rick Cunningham	0	2	2	4
Tom Martin	0	2	2	2
Guy Trottier	1	0	1	0
Chris Meloff	0	1	1	2
Bob Leduc	0	1	1	0
Tom Simpson	0	1	1	0
Gilles Gratton	0	1	1	0
TOTAL


Shots: HOU:  9-16- 6- 1-32
       OTT: 13- 9-16- 1-39

Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (L, 8-6-0)
         OTT: Gilles Gratton (W, 8-4-1)

Attendance: 1,221